Clothesline attachment



Jan. 23, 1934. c. H. RESKE CLOTHESLINE ATTACHMENT Filed April 11. 1955INVENTOR C'HH LE s ESX/E.' B gina/ ORNEYS.

Patented Jan. 23, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes line attachments andhas particular reference to a means for securing clothes or otherobjects to a clo-thes line.

The principal object of the invention is to prov-ide means on a clothesline for gripping the clothes thereon, and `entirely eliminating the useof the conventional clothes pins.

A further 4object is to p-roduce an attachment which is not harmful tothe clothes being held and one wherein the gripping action may bereadily accomplished.

A further object is to construct a clothes line with clamping means sopositioned therein, that the tra-vel of the line over the supportingpulleys will, in no way, be interfered with or retarded.

A still further object is to produce a device which is economical tomanufacture.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of thefollowing description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specication and inwhich like numerals are employed gto designate like parts throughout thesame,

Fig. 1 is a sideelevation of a pulley line having my invention appliedthereto,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. l,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view,

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3, and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross sectional View o-n the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Clothes are usually attached to clothes lines through the medium of afastening element such as a clothes pin. Applicant has devised a simpleand unique medium for securing clothes to the clothes line, entirelyeliminating the use of pins, which are objectionable because they areoften dropped and lost, easily become bro-ken and are difficult tohandle. Applicant proposes to use a double line, with a plurality of xedclamps holding the two lines parallel with each other, and by providinga plurality `of sliding clamps upon the lines, a gripping action iseiective that retains the goods placed between the lines.

In the accompanying drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration isshown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designatesan ordinary pulley wheel as does also the numeral 6. Reeved over thesepulley wheels is a clothes line which consists of strands '7 `and 8. Itwill be noted that the top portion of the line consists of a singlestrand 10, while the bottom portion, as before mentioned, consists ofthe double strands '7 and 8. These strands are parallel with each other,which permits a series of clamps 9 to be secured thereto. A series ofsliding clamps 11 are movable upon the lines as indicated by the arrowsin Fig. 3. It is, of course, understood that as many of these clamps maybe placed upon the line, as the length of the line will permit in orderto accommodate for goods or garments of various SlZeS.

The manner of using my device is as follows: If it is desired to clamp apiece of material between the lines, one of the clamps 1l is slid forinstance, toward the right of the drawing. The two strands r7and 8 arethen separated, and a portion of the goods placed therebetween. Theclamp 11 is thereafter moved back toward the left of the drawing, thuseffecting a gripping of the goods as illustrated in Fig. 1.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown anddescribed is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and thatvarious changes relative to the material, size, shape and 4arrangementof parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of theinvention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:-

The combination with a pair of pulley wheels, of an endless clothes linereeved thereover, said line embodying Vin its construction a singlestrand portion and a double strand portion, secured one to the other,and means carried by said double strand portion for retainingtherebetween articles to be hung, said means including a xed element anda sliding element.

CHARLES H. RESKE.

